China’s new free market is the talk of Stanford Entrepreneurship Week event
At Entrepreneurship in the Global Marketplace, an event during Stanford Entrepreneurship Week, speakers all focused on the emerging free market in one country: China.
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Los Altos officials seek voter approval for up to $170 million to upgrade to its civic center
Los Altos officials are planning to hire a lobbyist to convince residents to pay for phase one of an upgrade to its civic center, including a new city hall. Planners project this phase of the project will cost $81.4 million.
ABC’s ‘Private Practice’ features Sunnyvale company’s da Vinci surgical robot
This winter, ABC’s “Private Practice” featured the da Vinci, a surgical robot made by Sunnyvale company Intuitive Surgical. Although ABC asked to use the product, companies pay more than a billion dollars each year for product placement.
Redwood City approves further downtown renovation, including housing, retail and office space
After seven years of planning and debate, Redwood City leaders approved plans to develop a three-block radius downtown, including up to 2,500 housing units and retail, office space and hotel rooms.
Finding the next big startup – Dozens of Stanford entrepreneurs meet with venture capitalists
Founders of companies like Google, Yahoo! and LinkedIn attended Stanford University. Friday at Stanford, venture capitalists met with student entrepreneurs in a speed-dating format. Was the next big startup there?
Heads up to Stanford inventors – University owns the rights to tech created there
Google, Yahoo!, Cisco and HP, all got their start at Stanford University, but what many people don’t know is that Stanford owns the rights to any technology innovation created using the university’s resources.
Founder of Hacks/Hackers and Storify helps journalists and technologists collaborate
Burt Herman, founder of Hacks/Hackers, urged business people, technologist and journalists to collaborate on new media solutions at a Stanford Entrepreneurship Week event.
Idealab founder kicks off Stanford E-Week, with advice for student entrepreneurs
Bill Gross, founder of Southern California company Idealab, kicked off Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Week with advice for student entrepreneurs and info about his new solar energy firm, eSolar.
San Mateo’s SuccessFactors, a cloud-based software company, poised for growth with new management team
San Mateo’s SuccessFactors, Inc. has recently brought in several new additions to its management team, including new president and Silicon Valley veteran Doug Dennerline.